Theoretical Criminology 1–25 © The Author(s) 2015 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1362480615619668 tcr.sagepub.com Cultural criminology: Script rewrites Keith J Hayward University of Copenhagen, Denmark Abstract A decade has passed since Jock Young and I published ‘Cultural criminology: Some notes on the script’, the opening article of a special edition on cultural criminology for Theoretical Criminology. This ‘sequel’ article looks back on developments in the field during the intervening decade as well as responding to some of the criticisms that have emerged in the same period. In particular, it addresses the following critical concerns: that cultural criminology has an inherent romanticism towards its object of study; that it fails to consider or incorporate broader gender dynamics in its analysis; and that cultural criminologists are unable to formulate any meaningful policy measures other than non-interventionism. In responding to these criticisms the article highlights some of the subtle yet important conceptual reconfigurations that have occurred in cultural criminology as it continues to consolidate its position within the discipline. Keywords Critical criminology, critical ontology, cultural criminology, resistance, zookeepers of deviance Exposition Over a decade has passed since the late Jock Young and I published ‘Cultural criminology: Some notes on the script’ (Hayward and Young, 2004), the opening article of a special edi- tion on cultural criminology (CC) for Theoretical Criminology. In that article and as guest editors generally, we had two aims. First, at a practical level, our goal was to introduce Corresponding author: Keith J Hayward, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. Studiestræde 6, DK-1455, Copenhagen. Email: k.j.hayward@kent.ac.uk 619668TCR 0 0 10.1177/1362480615619668Theoretical CriminologyHayward research-article 2015 Article by guest on January 3, 2016 tcr.sagepub.com Downloaded from